“And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (1 Cor. 13:13).

 Faith—blest answer to each yearning,
 Hope—bright lamp so ceaseless burning,
  Needed now our hearts to prove.
 But beyond life’s storms and tossings,
 Earth’s enticements and engrossings,
  Stretches forth an endless Love.

 Faith will cease when sight is given;
 Hope is needed not in heaven,
  But its atmosphere is Love.
 Faith to keep our souls from drifting,
 Hope our vain affections sifting,
  But our rest is in His Love.

 Higher than the heavens around us
 Is the love that sought and found us,
  Free, unfathomable love.
 Deeper than the depths of ocean,
 Swifter than the lightning’s motion;
  Vain attempt its worth to prove.

 He who doth so deeply love us,
 And in faithfulness doth prove us,
  Measures not His wealth of love.
 Still for us too deep its meaning,
 Till this moment’s intervening
  Fades, and we’re caught up above.

 Hope shall reap her full fruition
 When each blood-bought son’s petition
  Comes in answer from above,
 When the Lord, with shout descending,
 Speaks the rapture now impending,
  “Rise, and come away, My love.”

 Faith and Hope forever ceasing,
 Love eternally increasing.
  Oh, the depth of Jesus’ love!
 We shall be forever learning.
 Ever needing, ever yearning
  For that priceless, precious love.

 (From Help and Food, Vol. 10.)